1
as in skinny
having a noticeably small amount of body fat
the svelte dancer seemed to float across the stage
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as in sophisticated
having or showing very polished and worldly manners
the interior designer spoke in a low, svelte voice
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Recent Examples of svelte
Last month, Serena Williams broke the Internet with an Instagram selfie showing off a newly svelte frame.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Slimmer humanoid robots from other companies must necessarily be making compromises to maintain their svelte form factors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Sep. 2025
Keeping it svelte is important with anything launched into space, but on the moon, where gravity is six times weaker, that poses problems.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
These are svelte, streamlined on the foot, bouncy and responsive on the road, and fast.
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 11 Aug. 2025
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Slimmer humanoid robots from other companies must necessarily be making compromises to maintain their svelte form factors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Sep. 2025
Keeping it svelte is important with anything launched into space, but on the moon, where gravity is six times weaker, that poses problems.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
These are svelte, streamlined on the foot, bouncy and responsive on the road, and fast.
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 11 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for svelte
Recent Examples of Synonyms for svelte
Adjective
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Fashionistas have been swapping their skinny jeans for this roomier, more relaxed fit, but even the most trend-savvy shoppers are still hesitant to try the polarizing silhouette for themselves.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
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The large stout trees with thick gnarling branches of a few decades ago are now flimsy bushes skinnier than hydrangeas that stand under 10 feet tall and need to be propped up with wood and steel trellises.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
14 Oct. 2025
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Gone is the Monster’s sophisticated consciousness, his months spent in solitude, his intimate revenge plot.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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The police had found evidence not only of a network ferrying cocaine from South America to European ports but also of a sophisticated money-laundering organization worth hundreds of millions of euros—an enterprise rivalling the narcotics business in its size.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The minimalist silhouette is set on a slender 110mm stiletto heel, and features a delicate crossover toe strap, three straps over the back of the foot and slim straps around the ankle that give it a barely-there finish.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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The long, slender necks and arched stems of Bosc pears, the round, silhouette of Comice.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Butler leads with steady confidence, and Williams follows with a dainty, graceful flow that draws every eye in the room.—
Alexa Stone
Updated October 21,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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In Hubble's recent image, NGC 6951 unfurls its graceful spiral arms, covered in red nebulae glowing with hydrogen gas, a key fuel for new stars.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Instead of a hearty stew of beans, meat, and spices like cumin and chili powder, Skyline or Cincinnati chili is a thinner, slightly sweet meat sauce with strong notes of cinnamon, cloves, and allspice.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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What the team found instead was a thin layer of clay, less than one-hundredth of an inch thick, which had formed on top of the animals’ skin.—
Amanda Schupak,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Most of the frog’s body is smooth, while the sides, throat, chest and stomach have some small bumps, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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That means official inflation readings may be smoother than the real-world volatility consumers experience, particularly for categories where local price swings or shortages matter most, such as in beef prices.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Much of what is imported is lean beef trimmings that meatpackers mix with fattier beef produced in the United States to produce the varieties of ground beef that domestic consumers want, so any change in imports would affect primarily hamburger.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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If your goal is to increase protein intake, choose leaner fish.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
22 Oct. 2025
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The folk vampire is not a suave dinner-jacket-wearing seducer, nor a sparkling, brooding hero.—
Robert Eggers,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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Through his recounting, the film comes to life for both of them, with Lopez's Ingrid playing Aurora, Molina as her right-hand man, Kendall Nesbit, and Valentín as suave photographer, Armando.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Svelte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/svelte. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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